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Is Meta monitoring its employees for AI training data?

According to reports on internal Meta practices, the company began tracking the keystrokes and workflows of roughly 72,000 U.S. employees, reportedly to generate behavioral data for AI agents designed to automate similar work. Meta has described such data collection as tied to productivity tools.

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Crashtech Editorial July 3, 2026 AI Business & Money

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